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Congratulations!

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Congrats on the Retirement thing!!! :mm:

More Truck Time...:metal:

Praying all is well up in the NW corner after all the recent fun weather events…

HAPPY 2016...:ennyd:

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Congrats!! TRUCK TIME!!!!

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Congrats Clem!
Happy-Happy New Year!!!

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Congratulations on the retirement . Now the real work starts , but enjoyable and interesting so just have fun and enjoy .

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thanks guys… really appreciate the well wishes.
Retirement... it can't be that bad if I work hard at it and hire the right guys, then the truck shop thing should do alright. at least i can be doing what i really enjoy doing. and with the partner in Pete Hoffman things seem to be falling into place.

2 weeks ago a very nice country lady pulled in with a project. her truck named Maude, needed a complete face lift and mechanical overhaul. I do the face lift part and Pete does the mechanicals.

Maude is a farm truck that was in very sad shape…once a work truck in Oklahoma is has rust to the Nth degree, a myriad of bozo mechanicals before us and some general poor taste from previous owners. Basically a complete redo on a tight budget. Well the lady was cool and she loves Maude, soooooo,
its OK, we're weak for folks that love their truck… pics of Maude.



After we removed the clip (sorry no pics) the real neglect became evident.

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Maude came to the right place.
A little floor work, column change, door repair, tailgate fixin' and she'll be good as new.

Wish I could be there to jump right in with ya

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Good to see that the truck has come to the right place Pete, Clem.

Of course we will be watching this build unfold as well.

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cant wait to see the transformation !

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I wish that would get it done. More like replace cab and doors, buy new core support and complete front clip, overhaul motor and trans… and thats just the beginning. Tons to do on this one. Need your help, come on out...:lol:

Thanks Rian, hang with us, this one gonna take a while.

Thanks mike… heading out to Scotty's shop today and will let him know about Bertha. Call later…


So… yesterday we rolled Cottons 63 out for a photo update. We installed bed boards, rear fenders, step boards, back bumper and Pete dialed in the drivetrain. Now its off to EQ muffler for the exhaust… getting close on this one.

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Beautiful. Thats all I can say.

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Michael from the UK wanted the patina truck after he saw it at the cruise-in last year. since then a lot of mechanical upgrades were made and the interior has been redone. which brings us to the paint job. the truck had all the usual rust spots and a bunch of the typical dents and scratches. all fixed... and once the body was solid and straight we agreed on a faux-tina paint job. the work is about half done, starting with a thick coat of grey primer that was sanded down then another coat of black primer and finally a coat of red oxide. after a scuffing, 2 coats of baby blue were done with a flattening agent added. then the fun begins... pics...

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the finished result is still a bunch of work before it is realized. sanding and airbrushing to get a very weathered look to match the white top that i hope to leave alone. we'll see... when completely satisfied a bunch of matte clear will seal the deal. just not yet...

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It's looking good .

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See all of that blue powder on the ground, sweep it up for me and save it.... I will sprinkle it on my truck!

Such a same to see nice fresh paint just get sanded off.... =-(

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Cotton's 63 :jdp:

the blue faux-tina is looking sweet, keep warm up in the NW corner :metal:

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Lay it down to take it off. When it comes to you, you take it off with Style.

Its always a good day seeing a post from the station.

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Wow Clem!!

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that looks great , im thinking about doing the same thing for my 65 but red and white.

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In the voice of Kim....... "NICE JOB"

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Nice paint- that's some of the best fakery I've seen. Looks good!

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Man Cottons 63 looks sweet. I bet he is excited. The blue truck is moving right along too.

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thanks guys... having a good time with the faux-tina.

but for now, heres Cotton sporting new wide whites...

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Couldn't resist…

Cotton's Brand New '63…:chevy:;)
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1691/...ceb75b65_c.jpgScreen Shot 2016-01-28 at 10.01.08 PM by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

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very nice clemm you all do very good work

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wow Clem, that faux-tina paint job! I just hope my paint job comes out half as nice as your faking yours, LOL

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Soooooo Sweet!
Not my style, but absolutely perfect!...Beautiful!
Got to be proud regardless of taste!

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thanks pal...

appreciate it chad

thanks buddy, not my style either but Cotton loves it. he came by friday to take a test drive and didn't bring her back till sunday. while away the truck got a big dose of cottonization. he installed venitian blinds, bed side boards with mobile gas logos, and a arm rest console thing... i fear this is just the beginning... pics

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delete the white hubcaps and put some chrome lugnuts on cottons truck.
everything else looks good , nice wood racks ..

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Makes sense, but then it's not my truck :mm:

I do personally love the louvred/Venetian blinds in the rear window. My dad had some in a few cars in the 60/70's

One does not want to take away from the pure resto beauty of the truck, but I also think a "period correct" Tuba Trucks Restorations sticker on the rear window, or some other place could do the business good.

You can always use advertising.

I have had questions and comments on my Tuba Trucks T-Shirts before.

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Beautiful truck....
Clem do you have a date for the next get together? I may be in the neighborhood, and would like to pop by again ;o)

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I have been checkin too Mike. He said it was 3rd Saturday in October, the 15th this year. I am hoping to make it this year too.

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clem do you have any more pictures of the blue patina truck yet ?

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hey jim, we opted to redo the white top also as it was checked and to far gone to resemble the faux-tina of the blue. pics soon...

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Love how this one came out ! Too COOL !

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Haha, I don't blame him, I wouldn't have wanted to get out of it. That thing turned out awesome!

Chris

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thanks guys... i love retirement, except for that no check on Friday part, I've never been happier.

We've been working on a buddy's resto BBW fully loaded 66 and though the chassis is complete, we are doing the slow battle of body work. While it seems slow to most it is very labor intensive to us. Many hours of metal work and priming and sanding is involved as I know you know...

this months update is just that... many hours of body work.

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another big part of surviving in the restoration business is doing parts for those guys who want to build it but don't want to do the dirty work. We have done fenders, doors , beds and cabs for quite a while now and the best part is knowing that there is a great truck on the other side of our efforts with a good foundation.

here is a cab that got all the metal work done, all the body work done and a hefty coat of bedliner underneath and on top of the floors.

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nice work Clem !!

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Nice to know that cab wont rust again ,nice work .